Hotel-Reservation.com sold $208,000 at sedo

**chillking** · 09-14-2009, 06:39 PM

Hotel-Reservation.com sold at sedo for $208,000 the most expensive hyphenated domain name purchases of all time .

**cleverlyslick** · 09-14-2009, 07:07 PM

congrats to the seller! sick life.

**PRED** · 09-14-2009, 07:33 PM

incredible sale

**hugegrowth** · 09-14-2009, 07:37 PM

Hooray for the hyphen! Two word key phrases like this can sell well with the hyphen, although this was a really good example.

**DomainsInc** · 09-14-2009, 07:56 PM

If I could just get a sale like that I'd be soo happy.

**Credit** · 09-14-2009, 07:58 PM

Unbelievable

**hugegrowth** · 09-14-2009, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by DomainsInc

If I could just get a sale like that I'd be soo happy.

The way domain sales are going lately we all might get a sale like that! lol

**mark** · 09-14-2009, 08:05 PM

makes my hotel domain sound better every day; congrats to both parties

**David G** · 09-14-2009, 08:08 PM

sounds bogus. don't see how a hyphentated name could sell for that much.

**Dorkside** · 09-14-2009, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by RichInCollege

Unbelievable

My thoughts exactly. I have a hard time believing this one. If it's true, a big congratulations to the seller.

**thevirtual** · 09-14-2009, 08:19 PM

I need a sale like this.

**Onward** · 09-14-2009, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by Dorkside

My thoughts exactly. I have a hard time believing this one. If it's true, a big congratulations to the seller.

Yeah...I can see saying "200k - not quite enough as I hand regged it almost 2 full years ago...I need 208k or forget it"

**chillking** · 09-14-2009, 08:39 PM

I think domainers should start taking hyphenated domains serious i have recently sold a 3 word low quality credit card name with 2 hyphens in it for $1,000 and i regged it. Companies are just interested in the .com and also the keywords .

**Domain Jedi** · 09-14-2009, 08:41 PM

Them Germans love their hyphens.. Please note that I am half German!

**snicksnack** · 09-16-2009, 08:40 AM

I assume the buyer is HRS, they have bought many hotel related domains in the last few weeks.

**cleverlyslick** · 09-16-2009, 09:21 AM

hrs?

i assume the buyer is hrs, they have bought many hotel related domains in the last few weeks.

**snicksnack** · 09-16-2009, 09:34 AM

hrs.de

**chrisb72** · 09-16-2009, 09:36 AM

Congrats and best gards!

**dodo1** · 09-16-2009, 09:41 AM

Yes. The domain was bought by HRS (Hotel Reservation Service) from Germany. Hyphenated domains are more common in Germany than in the US, because hyphens make two-word domains more readable. I still think that it's a high price, but it is in no way unrealistic.

The domain was brokered by sedo, which also sold other domains to HRS lately. For example: WellnessHotels.com (€41,650) and Hotel-Reservierung.de ($34,510; "hotel reservation" in German).

By the way, Hotel-Reservation.com was indirectly owned by sedo, because the former owner, DomCollect, belongs to Sedo as far as I know. DomCollect is one of Germany's largest domain owners with a portfolio of more than 100,000 domains.

**Vjizzle** · 09-16-2009, 10:51 AM

How many of you here (after reading this article) tried to find some DN's with a hyphen in it to reg or went into your inventory to see if you could sell any?